Home Depot Is Slowly Rolling Out Apple Pay Support
Chance Miller, writing for 9to5Mac:
According to multiple 9to5Mac readers and reports across social
media, Home Depot has also recently started rolling out Apple Pay
support. Home Depot has been a major Apple Pay holdout, resisting
pressure from its customers to add support for Apple’s tap-to-pay
platform. Notably, Lowe’s — Home Depot’s biggest competitor — began rolling out Apple Pay support last December. It
certainly seems possible that this move by Lowe’s put pressure on
Home Depot to change its strategy.
Home Depot hasn’t commented on this change in policy, and the
details of the rollout aren’t explicitly clear. It appears to be a
very gradual rollout that started at a small number of locations
over the summer and has recently picked up momentum. Your mileage
may vary for the time being, though.
I could be completely wrong, but I don’t think Home Depot was ever opposed to Apple Pay. I just think they bought into a weird point-of-sale system that didn’t support it. And I suspect what’s happening now isn’t a come-to-Jesus moment regarding Apple Pay in particular, but a replacement of those crummy POS terminals with new ones that do support Apple Pay.
Walmart is still the biggest Apple Pay holdout by a wide margin,
and the company has shown no signs of changing its tune.
With Walmart, I do think it’s strategic that they don’t support Apple Pay. I think it’s wrongheaded though, and they’ll change their minds sooner (probably) or later. Walmart, just a few years ago, was spearheading the dumbass CurrentC “pay via QR code” system. Apple Pay, from a user’s perspective, is just a private way to pay via credit or debit card — no more, no less.
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Chance Miller, writing for 9to5Mac:
According to multiple 9to5Mac readers and reports across social
media, Home Depot has also recently started rolling out Apple Pay
support. Home Depot has been a major Apple Pay holdout, resisting
pressure from its customers to add support for Apple’s tap-to-pay
platform. Notably, Lowe’s — Home Depot’s biggest competitor — began rolling out Apple Pay support last December. It
certainly seems possible that this move by Lowe’s put pressure on
Home Depot to change its strategy.
Home Depot hasn’t commented on this change in policy, and the
details of the rollout aren’t explicitly clear. It appears to be a
very gradual rollout that started at a small number of locations
over the summer and has recently picked up momentum. Your mileage
may vary for the time being, though.
I could be completely wrong, but I don’t think Home Depot was ever opposed to Apple Pay. I just think they bought into a weird point-of-sale system that didn’t support it. And I suspect what’s happening now isn’t a come-to-Jesus moment regarding Apple Pay in particular, but a replacement of those crummy POS terminals with new ones that do support Apple Pay.
Walmart is still the biggest Apple Pay holdout by a wide margin,
and the company has shown no signs of changing its tune.
With Walmart, I do think it’s strategic that they don’t support Apple Pay. I think it’s wrongheaded though, and they’ll change their minds sooner (probably) or later. Walmart, just a few years ago, was spearheading the dumbass CurrentC “pay via QR code” system. Apple Pay, from a user’s perspective, is just a private way to pay via credit or debit card — no more, no less.